6516. Misbranding of fruit spreads.    U. S. v. 64 Gases of Fruit Spread.    Consent
decree of condemnation.   Product ordered released under bond to be re- 
labeled.    (F. D. C. No. 11883.    Sample Nos. 59524-F to 59527-F, incl.)
LIBEL FILED: February 23, 1944, Eastern District of Michigan. Libel amended 
on March 8,1944, to cover seizure of additional shipments.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : From on or about June 4 to September 14,1943, by Woodford 
Products, Inc., Chicago, Ill.
PRODUCT: 92 cases, each containing 24 jars, of apricot spread; 97 cases, each 
containing 24 jars, of peach spread; 93 cases, each containing 24 jars, of fig 
spread; 97 cases, each containing 24 jars, of date spread; 131 cases, each con- 
taining 24 jars, of pear spread; and 13 cases, each containing 24 jars, of raisin 
spread, at Detroit, Mich.
LABEL, IN PART: (Jars) "Woodford's Tropical Honey Guaranteed Pure Honey 
Apricot [or "Date," "Pear," "Fig," "Raisin," or "Peach"] Spread," or "Wood- 
ford's Tropical Honey   Guaranteed Pure Guatemala Honey Fig Spread."
VIOLATIONS CHARGED: Misbranding, Section 403 (a), the statements "Tropical 
Honey * * * pure Honey," and "Tropical Honey * * * Pure Guate- 
mala Honey," on the labeling of the articles were false and misleading, as 
applied to the articles, which were mixtures of honey and comminuted dried 
fruits; Section 403 (c), the articles were imitations of another food, preserves, 
and their labels failed to bear, in type of uniform size and prominence, the 
word "imitation" and, immediately thereafter, the name of the food imitated; 
and, Section 403 (i) (2), they were fabricated from two or more ingredients 
and their labels failed to bear the common or usual name of each such ingre- 
dient.
DISPOSITION : March 11, 1944. The Woodford Products, Inc., claimant, having 
admitted the facts in the libel, judgment of condemnation was entered and the 
product was ordered released under bond to be relabeled under the supervision 
of the Food and Drug Administration.